(Translink) Transit Tariff
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SOUTH COAST BRITISH COLUMBIA TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY (TRANSLINK) TRANSIT TARIFF Effective January 1, 2014 SOUTH COAST BRITISH COLUMBIA TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY BYLAW NUMBER 92-2014 A bylaw to amend the South Coast British Columbia Transportation Authority 2013 Tariff Bylaw Number 87-2013 WHEREAS, pursuant to the South Coast British Columbia Transportation Authority Act (the Act), the Authority may, by by-law, assess user fees on persons using the regional transportation system (as defined in the Act) in the transportation service region (as defined in the Act); NOW THEREFORE the Board of Directors of the South Coast British Columbia Transportation Authority enacts as follows: 1. This By-law may be cited as the “South Coast British Columbia Transportation Authority Bylaw Number 92-2014.” 2. The South Coast British Columbia Transportation Authority 2013 Tariff Bylaw Number 87-2013 is amended as follows: a. in row “WCE 28 Day U-Pass** (28 consecutive days)” of Appendix “2” – Traditional Fare Media: Fares and Proof of Payment, Table “1” – Cash Fares and Proof of Payment, by deleting “All Zones - $102 per month” and replacing it with “All Zones - $94 per month”. 3. This Bylaw comes into force and takes effect on January 1, 2014. READ A FIRST, SECOND AND THIRD TIME this 31st day of January, 2014. RECONSIDERED, PASSED AND FINALLY ADOPTED this 31st day of January, 2014. Original signed by Marcella Szel Marcella Szel, Chair Original signed by Gigi Chen-Kuo Gigi Chen-Kuo, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary This Tariff is available for public inspection at: 1. TransLink Head Office, 400 - 287 Nelson’s Court, New Westminster Transit Police Office, 300 - 287 Nelson’s Court, New Westminster 2. The following Coast Mountain Bus Company Ltd. offices: • Head Office, 700-287 Nelson’s Court, New Westminster • Vancouver Transit Centre, 9149 Hudson Street, Vancouver • Burnaby Transit Centre, 3750 Kitchener Street, Burnaby • North Vancouver Transit Centre, 536 East 3rd Street, North Vancouver • Surrey Transit Centre, 7740 132nd Street, Surrey • Port Coquitlam Transit Centre, 2061 Kingsway, Port Coquitlam • SeaBus Administration Office, 2 Chesterfield Place, North Vancouver 3. West Vancouver Transit, 221 Lloyd Avenue, North Vancouver 4. British Columbia Rapid Transit Company Ltd., 6800 - 14th Avenue, Burnaby 5. West Coast Express Limited, 295 - 601 West Cordova Street, Vancouver 6. HandyDART Operator - MVT Canadian Bus Inc., 17535 - 55B Avenue, Surrey 7. TransLink Website: www.translink.ca GENERAL All persons using TransLink’s transit system must comply with either Section 1 (Traditional Fare Media) or Section 2 (Compass Fare Media) of this Tariff. This includes, but is not limited to, the requirement to pay sufficient fare and possess valid fare media / proof of payment at all times while in a fare paid zone as more specifically set out in Section 1 or Section 2 of this Tariff, as applicable. Any individual failing to comply with the terms and conditions contained in this Tariff may be subject to fines or any other measures or consequences available to TransLink. TRANSLINK – TRANSIT TARIFF Date: January 1, 2014 SECTION 1: Traditional Fare Media Page: 4 PART A - Definitions SECTION 1: TRADITIONAL FARE MEDIA Section 1 of this Tariff (Traditional Fare Media) applies only to the use of Traditional Fare Media, further details of which are set out in Appendix “2”. The use of electronic fare media issued by or on behalf of TransLink as part of the Compass program is governed by, and subject to, Section 2 (Compass Fare Media) of this Tariff. PART A - Definitions In this Section 1 (Traditional Fare Media), the following terms will have the following meanings: Adult Person who is not a Child, Student or Senior. Attendant A person who is required to accompany and assist an Eligible HandyDART User in using HandyDART service or a HandyCard Holder in using Conventional Transit or WCE Service. Bowen Island Transit Transit service operated by or on behalf of TransLink on Bowen Island. Service Business Day Any day other than a Saturday, Sunday, or Statutory Holiday. Child Person who is 13 years of age or younger. Conventional Transit Transit service provided by or on behalf of TransLink in the Transportation Service Region, except WCE Service, HandyDART service, and Canada Line service between Bridgeport and Templeton Stations. Eligible HandyDART Person who: User (i) has a temporary or permanent physical or cognitive disability, confirmed by a medical practitioner, that is sufficiently severe that he or she is unable, without assistance, to use Conventional Transit; and (ii) has completed TransLink’s registration process. Employee Pass Holder Person who is: (i) an employee or a board member of TransLink or a TransLink subsidiary, or a member of the Mayors’ Council on Regional Transportation; (ii) a spouse or dependant child of an employee described in paragraph (i); (iii) a retired, former full-time employee of TransLink or TransLink subsidiary who retired after 2 years of employment (or who, after 5 or more years of employment, ceased employment by reason of medically proven total disability); (iv) a retired, former full-time employee of BC Transit who retired prior to April 1, 1999; TRANSLINK – TRANSIT TARIFF Date: January 1, 2014 SECTION 1: Traditional Fare Media Page: 5 PART A - Definitions (v) a spouse of a person described in paragraph (iii) or (iv) above; (vi) a full-time employee of a HandyDART Operating Company; or (vii) an employee of an Operating Company that has been designated and approved by TransLink as eligible for Employee Passes; and has been issued an Employee Pass on Traditional Fare Media as set out in Appendix “2”. Fare Paid Zones All transit vehicles (including buses, SeaBuses, SkyTrain cars and WCE cars) and other transit property designated as “fare paid zones” from time to time by TransLink. FareDealer TransLink-authorized vendor of Traditional Fare Media. GoCard Identification card issued by TransLink which displays a Student’s photograph, name and school and validated, in the space provided, by an official of the school. HandyCard Holder Resident of the Transportation Service Region who: (i) is a person with a permanent physical or cognitive disability, confirmed by a medical practitioner, which is sufficiently severe that he or she is unable, without assistance, to use Conventional Transit; and (ii) has completed TransLink’s registration process and been issued a HandyCard on Traditional Fare Media. HandyDART Custom transit service, which provides Eligible HandyDART Users with accessible service from a pick-up location to a drop-off location, in accordance with the policies, procedures and guidelines of TransLink’s Custom Transit Policy & Procedure Manual. Hours Regular Hours and Off-Peak Hours. Mobility Device Wheelchair or scooter required by a passenger with a physical disability. Off-Peak Hours Hours of service after 6:30 p.m. from Monday to Friday (excluding Statutory Holidays), and all day on Saturday, Sunday and Statutory Holidays. Operating Company A company, including a subsidiary of TransLink, operating transit service on behalf of TransLink. Regular Hours Hours of service other than Off-Peak Hours. Senior A person who is 65 years of age or older and holds: (i) a Gold Carecard issued by the Province of BC; (ii) a valid driver’s license, passport, birth certificate indicating date of birth; TRANSLINK – TRANSIT TARIFF Date: January 1, 2014 SECTION 1: Traditional Fare Media Page: 6 PART A - Definitions (iii) a Health and Welfare Canada Old Age Security Identification Card; or (iv) equivalent picture identification issued by any national, provincial or state government agency showing age or date of birth. SkyTrain Rail rapid transit service on the Expo Line, Millennium Line, and Canada Line. Statutory Holidays New Year’s Day, Family Day, Good Friday, Victoria Day, Canada Day, BC Day, Labour Day, Thanksgiving Day, Remembrance Day, Christmas Day and Boxing Day. Student Person, other than a Child, who: (i) at the start of the school year is in grade 8, or is between the ages of 14 and 19 years (inclusive); (ii) regularly attends full-time classes at a public or private school up to and including Grade 12 in the Transportation Service Region or, for the purposes of WCE Service, in the Central Fraser Valley transit service area; and (iii) holds a valid GoCard or, for WCE service, other valid student identification. TaxiSaver Coupons Coupons that may be: (i) purchased by HandyCard Holders from TransLink at 50% of the face value of the coupons; and (ii) used by HandyCard Holders described in paragraph (i) to pay their metered taxi fare, up to the face value of the coupons, when travelling on taxis operated by participating taxi companies in the Transportation Service Region. Traditional Add-Fare Additional fare amount as required by Appendix “2” of this Tariff. Traditional Adult Fare Fare required to: (i) obtain the Adult Transfer required to travel on Conventional Transit for the applicable Hours and Zones, as set out in Appendix “2”; (ii) obtain an Adult WCE One-Way Ticket to travel on WCE Service, for the applicable Hours and Zones, as set out in Appendix “2”; (iii) pay the cash fare required to travel on HandyDART, for the applicable Zones, as set out in Appendix “2”; and (iv) travel between Canada Line Bridgeport and Templeton Stations, as set out in Appendix “2” as a Traditional Add- Fare, in addition to one of the fares described in paragraphs (i), (ii) or (iii) above. Traditional Fare Media All forms of paper and/or magnetic stripe fare media issued by or on behalf of TransLink, or accepted by TransLink as Traditional Proof of TRANSLINK – TRANSIT TARIFF Date: January 1, 2014 SECTION 1: Traditional Fare Media Page: 7 PART A - Definitions Payment, including, but not limited to, FareSavers, FareCards, Transfers, and all other paper and/or magnetic stripe fare media set out in Appendix “2”, and specifically excluding any electronic fare media issued by or on behalf of TransLink as part of the Compass program.